I haven't blogged in forever so this is going to be a little scatter brained because God has been teaching me a bunch in the past week. Don't you find it funny that we worry sooo much about little things every day when we know the Creator of the universe? I mean really how silly is it that we worry when everything is in His hands. I can honestly say that I am a HUGE worry wart. My prayers usually go something like "Okay God, I know that you are with me always and I know this is in your hands, but I'm really freaking out and I can't do this on my own." So what's wrong with this? I'm still worried even though I'm saying I trust Him! I frustrate myself so much sometimes. I'm saying I KNOW he is in control, but I'm not sure that its going to work out. Like really, He is the God of the universe I'm positive whatever I'm worried about is going to work out. So what does it mean to TRULY TRUST Him in EVERY situation?
Romans 8: 31-32 says:
"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?"
God willingly gave his only son for us, why would he ever give us any less than everything? He already has. If we can put our trust in money, relationships, our to do list, any other thing that we depend on every day to get us through the day, why can't we trust God who has given us every reason to trust him?
It's more than just saying you trust him, it's actually DOING it. You can trust that a chair is going to hold you up without sitting in it, but you're not going to actually know it will hold you up until you let it; by sitting down in it. So how do we let him hold us up? By letting go.
The believers in Acts Chapter 2: 42-47 paint a beautiful picture of this
"They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Thy sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."
Wow. These people devoted themselves to the word, fellowship, and prayer. They gave up EVERYTHING, sold their property and gave their possessions to anyone who needed them and God added to the number daily of those who were being saved. When you devote yourself to something, you're ready to give up everything. You're invested. You're heart and soul are lost in something. God wants us to be devoted to him. He made us so we couldn't be without him, so that without him we would feel empty and never be satisfied, but with him we would have everything.
Paul said in Phillipians 3:8
"What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ."
Once we are completely emptied, He can fill us. Everything we have is worth giving up to gain a relationship with Christ for eternity.
And why shouldn't we trust Christ in EVERY situation? Paul was willing to die for the sake of preaching the gospel- Phillipians 1: 18-20
"Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death."
Paul wasn't worried about what was going to happen to him, he knew that God had his back and no matter what happened, it would happen for the glory of God and he praised Him for that!
God has taught me so much about why I should trust him and how to trust him in every situation. By the power of his Holy Spirit, I'm continually sacrificing my plans to him each day. We get so caught up in our own agenda and we forget about his. Our planners become our obsession. It's easy to get caught up in the schedule of a college student, but with prayer and repetition, his plans become our plans. And we can trust that He is faithful to provide in every situation.
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